The Fort Pillow Massacre.

Print of the Fort Pillow Massacre showing General Forrest's Confederate troops firing and bayonetting the surrendering Federal force under Major William F. Bradford.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Kurtz & Allison (Lithographer)
Format:	Photo
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1985 and 1995?]
Subjects:	Fort Pillow, Battle of, Tenn., 1864 > Pictorial works. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > African Americans > Pictorial works. African American soldiers > Pictorial works. Forrest, Nathan Bedford, > 1821-1877 > Pictorial works.

Description
Summary:	Print of the Fort Pillow Massacre showing General Forrest's Confederate troops firing and bayonetting the surrendering Federal force under Major William F. Bradford.
Item Description:	Text under image left reads: "April 12, 1864, Union: (Maj. Booth, Com.) colored t[roops]. 262 (Maj. Bradford) w. t. 276 & civ., 350 k[ille]d., 60 w[ounde]d. & 164 mis[sing]. Conf.: (Gen. Forrest) 20 k[ille]d. & 60 w[ounde]d." One of thirty-six Civil War battles scenes produced as chromolithographs between 1884 and 1894 by the Chicago lithographic firm of Kurz & Allison. The firm was sympathetic to the role African-American troops played in the War and this print is a rare example of a Civil War battle scene in which the participants are clearly depicted as African-Americans. Although their Civil War prints enjoyed popular success, the images often contain numerous historical inaccuracies.
Physical Description:	1 art reproduction : color ; image 38 x 54 cm, on sheet 47 x 62 cm